Share courses or course elements with colleagues

You can share courses or course elements such as assignments, modules, pages, quizzes and discussions from your Canvas course with colleagues.

There are two possible ways to share course elements:

Via Direct Share

If you want to share specific course elements you can use Direct Share.

Direct Share lets you select a specific page, assignment, module, quiz or discussion and sends it to a colleague of your choice.

Here you can find an instruction on how to share an assignment to another instructor using Direct Share. Links to an external site. This works identical for pages, modules, quizzes or discussions.

Here you can find information about how to manage the content that has been shared with you Links to an external site..

Please note:

There is no Sent inbox with your shared content, therefore it is not possible to see which content you have sent to a colleague. Make sure you send it to the right colleague.
Direct share is only accessible for teachers that login to Canvas with their VU credentials.

Via Commons

Commons

If you want to share elements or your whole course, you can use Commons. Commons is a learning object repository that enables educators to find, import, and share resources. A digital library full of educational content, Commons allows Canvas users to share learning resources with other users as well as import learning resources into a Canvas course.

With Canvas commons and with the VU Amsterdam Canvas Commons you can:

Find resources to import to your course
Share your course or course components with Canvas Commons or with the VU Amsterdam Canvas Commons.

Video

To learn more about Canvas Commons take a look at the following video:

To learn more about Canvas Commons take a look at the following guides: